UNBREAKABLE RECORDS (I think.)

MOST CAREER WINS Cy Young 511 wins from 1890 to 1911 Second Place: 417, Walter Johnson Current Leader: 240, Bartolo Colon (Young has over twice as many wins.) Player Starting Now: Win 25 games for 20 ½ years

MOST WINS IN A SEASON Old Hoss Radbourne 59 wins in 1884 Second Place: 53, John Clarkson Most in 2017: 18 (by 4 pitchers) Last pitcher to win even 30 (31) was Denny McLain in 1968

MOST CAREER COMPLETE GAMES Cy Young 749 complete games from 1890 to 1911 Second Place: 646, Pud Galvin Current Leader: 38, CC Sabathia (Young has almost 20 times as many complete games.) Player Starting Now: Pitch 30 complete games for 25 years  

MOST CAREER SHUTOUTS Walter Johnson 110 shutouts from 1907 to 1927 Second Place: 90, Pete Alexander Current Leader: 15, Clayton Kershaw (Johnson has 7 ½ times as many shutouts.) Player Starting Now: Throw 10 shutouts for 11 years

TWO NO-HITTERS IN A ROW Johnny Vander Meer June 11, 1938. Beat Boston Bees 3-0. Johnny Vander Meer June 15, 1938. Beat Dodgers 6-0.

MOST NO-HITTERS IN A CAREER Nolan Ryan 7 no-hitters from 1966 to 1993 Second Place: 4, Sandy Koufax Current Leader: 2, Justin Verlander (Ryan has 3 ½ times as many no-hitters.) Nolan Ryan also had 11 one-hitters, and 24 no-hitters broken up in the 7th inning or later.

MOST CAREER STRIKEOUTS Nolan Ryan 5,714 strikeouts from 1966 to 1993 Second Place: 4875, Randy Johnson Current Leader: 2846, CC Sabathia (Ryan has twice as many strikeouts.) Player Starting Now: 250 strikeouts for 23 years (Ryan also holds the record for walks with 2795. Steve Carlton is 2nd with 1833. Current leader is CC Sabathia with 1009.) (also walks, 2795; 2nd = Steve Carlton, 1833)

MOST CAREER SAVES Mariano Rivera 652 saves from 1995 to 2013 Second Place: 601, Trevor Hoffman Current Leader: 437, Francisco Rodriguez (Rivera has 1 ½ times as many saves.) Player Starting Now: 40 Saves for 16 ½ years

MOST CAREER HITS Pete Rose 4,256 hits from 1963 to 1986 Second Place: 4189, Ty Cobb Current Leader: 3080, Ichiro Suzuki (Rose has 1 1/3 times as many hits.) Player Starting Now: 200 hits for 21 ½ years

MOST TRIPLES IN A SEASON John “Chief” Wilson 36 triples in 1912 Second Place: 31, Dave Orr 2017 Leader: 14, Charlie Blackmon (Wilson has 2 ½ times as many triples.)

MOST GRAND SLAMS IN 1 INNING Fernando Tatis 2 grand slams on April 23, 1999 Also holds the record for most RBIs in an inning: 8 Only 12 other players have ever hit 2 grand slams in a game. Over 50 players have hit 2 home runs in a single inning, but nobody has ever hit 3 home runs in 1 inning.

HIGHEST CAREER BATTING AVERAGE Ty Cobb .367 batting average from 1905 to 1928 Second Place: .358, Rogers Hornsby Current Leader: .317, Miguel Cabrera (Cobb’s average is 50 points higher.)

HIGHEST AVERAGE IN A SEASON Hugh Duffy .440 batting average in 1894 Second Place: .435, Tip O’Neill 2017 Leader: .346, Jose Altuve (Duffy’s average is 89 points higher.)

MOST RBIS IN A SEASON Hack Wilson 191 RBIs in 1930 Second Place: 185, Lou Gehrig 2017 Leader: 132, Giancarlo Stanton (Wilson has almost 1 ½ times as many RBIs.)  

LONGEST HITTING STREAK Joe DiMaggio 56 games in 1941 The game after his streak ended, he hit in another 16 straight games Second Place: 45 (over 2 years), Willie Keeler 44 (same season), Pete Rose 2016 Leader: 30, Freddie Freeman (DiMaggio hit safely in almost twice as many games.)

MOST GAMES PLAYED IN A ROW Cal Ripken, Jr. 2,632 consecutive games played from 1982 to 1998 Second Place: 2,130, Lou Gehrig Current Leader: 333, Alcides Escobar (Ripken played in almost 8 times as many games.) Player Starting Now: 162 games a year for 16 ¼ years  

MOST CAREER STOLEN BASES Rickey Henderson 1,406 stolen bases from 1979 to 2003 Henderson also has the single-season record: 130 Second Place: 938, Lou Brock Current Leader: 512, Jose Reyes (Henderson has stolen 2 ¾ times as many bases.) Player Starting Now: 50 stolen bases for 28 years  

Connie Mack MOST WINS (AND LOSSES AND GAMES) BY A MANAGER 3,731 wins; 3,948 losses; 7,755 games Current Leader: Bruce Bochy with 1,853 wins, 1,855 loses, and 3,708 games (Mack has twice as many wins.) Mack managed for 53 years Manager Starting Now: 100 wins for over 37 years

MOST EFFICIENT GAME PITCHED Red Barrett On August 10, 1944, Red Barrett threw a 2–0 shutout against the Cincinnati Reds. He faced 29 batters and gave up two 2 hits, no walks, and no strikeouts. In his 9-inning game, he threw only 58 pitches, an average of exactly 2 pitches per batter. This is the fewest pitches ever thrown in a complete, 9-inning game.

MOST SUCCESSFUL 1ST PITCH FOR A HITTER The first pitch that was ever thrown to Daniel Nava in the Major Leagues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9BLMdRRZ-s